Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-21
CAPITAL BUDGET.
CHRNowETH's OPINION.

4 ne continued, anu Tue s6LllefS IOr some
time. The company owns a tract of land
! about thirty or forty miles square. Rom
| ming through this land Is what Is Known al
the school fund sections, which being open
to settlement. hiss been taken mp and are
now claimed by those living On them. A
| short time ago the company fenced In the
entire section, while owning but alternate
strips The action Is without shadow Of
authority"
OWN the matter be brought before con-
gress"
Il think not, as 1t will go before the state
courts first, where. | sm of the opinion, 1t
will be quickly settled, there bei2g strong
sympathy openly expressed for the nnfor
tunate settlers who are real sufferers In
these matters"
THE OFT REPEATED TELEGRAM
The correspondence between the depart.
ment OF justice aud its officers In Alaska 10
regard TO the release of the British vessels
seized during the summer Of 1886 for al
legged violation Of the seal fishery law, was
made public today. The following is a
text Of the telegram directing the release:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 1887.
Judge Lafayette Dawson and D. D. Bsil, U. s. Attor
hey, sitka. aska:
I am directed by the president to instruct
you to discontinue all further proceedings
Ia the seizure OF the British vessels Caro-
lima, Onward and Thornton, and discharge
all vessels now held under such seizure,
and release all persons that may be under
arrest In connection Herewith.
[Signedl A. Fl. GARLAND,
Attorney General.
This was followed by letter from Bar
ton Atkins. United States mrrshall al Sit
ka, dated September 90, 1887, In which he
acknowledged the receipt Of the above
telegram, bat says that there it was cons.d
cred fraudulent dispatch, notwithstand-
ing which belief, how ever, Judge Dawson
had delayed further proceedings In the case
and had written TO the department for fur
ther instructions In the mater. Judge
Dawson's letter has not been received al
the department Under date Of October
y, 1887. the attorney general sent a tele
gram TO Marshall Atkins, at Sitks, grant
ing him leave of absence to go to San Fran
cisco for the purpose of selling about 2, 600
skins condemned and ordered sold by the
court In Alaska last year, and which are
now reported as being Ia peIishable con-
dition. The telegram concluded as follows:
" Let the vessels, Carolina, Onward and
Thornton be released as ordered In my
telegram Of the Goth of January"
Then, under date OF October 18th, 1897,
the attorney general mailed letter to Mar
shall Atkins In which he said: That there
may be 30 misunderstanding as to the
meaning Of my telegram Of the 18th Inst
to you, repeat the instruction to release
the vessels, Carolina, Onward and Thorn
ton, ordered 10 be released by INV telegram
to Judge Dawson and Attorney Ball, dated
January 26 last.
ORDER To QUIT RECOMMENDED.
Commissioner Sparks, Of the general |
land office, in letter to the secretary OF |
the interior, hiss recommended that the |
president BIZ requested TO Issue an e1ecu- |
Ave proclamation, warning sll persons,
whether claiming 10 act as officers OF
Greer county, Texas, or otherwise, against
selling, or attempting to sell, or dispose OF.
any Of the lands lying west of the North
Fork of the Red river, In the southwestern
part Of the Indian territory. or
or attempting to exer.
Use, any authority over the
same ia cOntravention of authority of the
United States. This request Is made upon
Information that certain persons. claiming
hat the lands In question belonged to the
tate Of Texas, have attempted to exercise
Jurisdiction over the same rs county officers
Il the state of Texas. II Is also stated
hat an intention has been declared to have
me half of the lands classified and sold as
chool lands, belonging to the state of
Texas.
AT the agricultural convention this morn.
ng papers were read on The Work and
Needs OF Experimental Stations" aud,
Experiments and Investigations Demand
d by the Farmers of Iowa" The papers
we're prepared by E. W. Hilgard, OF Call
ornis, and Prof r p Speck. of the Iowa
agricultural college, respectively.
The officers elected under the new con
tltution were % follows: President, Geo
". Anterior, Pennsylvania; vice presi
tents, S. d. Lee, Mississippi, s. Fl. Pea
,ody, Illinois, Leroy Brown, Alabama,
H. G.. Fernsld, OF Maine and George H.
IooK. Of New jersey: executive commit
ee, Edwin Wilets Michigan, James L.
Patterson, Kentucky, Ii. E. Alyord, Mas
schusetis. G. ". Dsbuey. Tennessee. 7.
Adams, New York; secretary, Chas E.
Dhorne, Ohio.
Adjourned.
THE ATTORNEY WASN'T THERE.
Il is understood that the attorney gen
rsl of Kansas and the prohibItlonts;s Of
hat state are feeling much regret St the
act that when the liquor case of the State
5. Diebold and HAHN, which involves the
onstItutionslity OF the Kansas prohibition
aw came up FOR hearing IL
ne United States supreme court on the
rst day Of the present term there was no
rgument 10 the states behalf The fail
ne Of the attorney general to appear and
r.,t1ia IT,. case nrallv IL said n huvn tnnr